This St. Patrick’s Day, Zillow took a look at the luckiest time to buy across the country. What they found: the home buyers who bought right at the bottom of the housing bust, allowing them to gain the most equity in their homes as the market bounced back, are the ones rolling in the green. For example, a buyer who purchased a home in the Las Vegas metro in January...
Smart home technology is taking off at a breakneck rate—so much so that experts believe half of us will adopt it by the end of this year. The smart home hype has led the folks over at ConsumerAffairs to ponder how the world’s smartest people would use smart home technology TWEET in their own homes. Their...
By Yuqing Pan Forgive our morbid curiosity, but we couldn’t help wonder: What effect does a gruesome and terrible crime such as murder have on a property’s longtime value? Is a home forever tarnished? Or can the stigma be cleaned away, especially in less notorious cases? To find out, we turned to DiedInHouse.com, a website that informs users whether a death...
Photo Credit: facebook.com/MEDCottage Editor's Note: This post was originally published on March 2, 2016. Housecall continues to share this piece due to ongoing requests and reader interest. Caring for aging parents is a growing concern for many Americans. For those among the Sandwich Generation, homeowners typically in their forties who are responsible for their...
The race is on for our 2nd Annual Academy Award of Real Estate! Last year’s Oscar for Best Real Estate Client was awarded to Bradley Cooper, who was selected by members of the real estate industry as the nominee they’d most like to help buy or sell a home. Voting is now open for this year’s Oscar for Best Real Estate Client. To vote, simply: Like RISMedia...
It's almost Valentine’s Day - that one special day in the year where you rush around like a complete lunatic making romantic plans for you and your sweetheart to show them just how much you love them. If you haven’t made any plans yet, you need not worry! If hotels and restaurants are booked up, and chocolates and flowers are all sold out, Terry's Fabrics has...
Listing presentations are the bread and butter of the real estate industry—and like every market, no two are alike. So, we want to know: What's your winning formula? Share your thoughts in our brief Reader Report survey below and you could see your name in lights on RISMedia.com! Take the survey now! // Create your own user feedback survey ...
The Super Bowl turns 50 this weekend. To mark the event’s golden anniversary, Census number-crunchers rounded up a collection of facts comparing life back in 1967 to present-day. The play-by-play includes housing stats, which we’ve broken down below. In 1967… The U.S. population was 197.5 million. The median sales price of a new, single-family home was just...
Adele is still so hot right now...even in real estate! Meet Megan Hill Mitchum, a REALTOR® from CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate Iowa who just released one killer parody of Adele's worldwide smash hit "Hello." It's a parody so spot on that every agent who's ever been in the field will be able to relate. Judging by its 150k+ view count in mere days, we'd say the video's...
With a new year comes a new you…and new business! Armed with any mobile device, there’s an overabundance of technology and apps at your fingertips to help you redefine your marketing strategy and hit the ground running in 2016. One particular app you should consider using? Periscope. Not only can it allow your sphere of influence to get to know you on a more...
